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I'll P. LONDON JOURNA LS. DAILY Ti.74raets frone the Morning' Papers, Jan. 14, 1826, [MORNING CIIRONICLX.] The Documents from Russia, in another column, prove how dangerous it is to speculate respecting the conduct of individuals. It now appears that Constantine, so far from being dissatisfied with din-bounds of the Russian Empire, and wishing to' add the best part of European Turkey to it, bad not even a desire to ascend the Throne. His letters place the subject beyond all doubt. Whatever faults he may have, he has never been accused of duplicity, and, after writing such let-, tars, we must suppose him one of the most finished dissemblers that ever lived, if we believebitn to en tertain a wish for empire. It is .a remark of the historian, Robertson, that there are several in-' stances of Kings resigning their Thrones from disgust, from desife of ease, or other motives, and retiring to private life; but that there is no in stance of any body of men consenting voluntarily t 9 yield any portion of the power, of which they use) , happen to be in possession. Most men are fond of power, and ln anticipating the conduct of a body, we may safely build on the inclination of the majority, which becomes that of the body. iVben we take a hundred thousand men, we can till to within a little how many of them will be alive in thirty years ; but when we fix on a single individual, we know not whether he may live one slay or a hundred years. The publication of these Documents, and the general belief they are calculated to produce of Constantine's un- Willingness to reign, will, we should suppose, prevent any attempts on the part of the military la. make a party in his favour. .• Eeercrsu elms.] We this -dey publish the important documents relative to the accession of the Emperor Nicholai. '.be reasons which induced Constantine to re novice Ids birth-right yet remains Unexplained. The Manifesto of the new Emperor simply states, 1 . 14 utter having taken the o ath of fidelity to his alder brother, the Grand Duke Constantine, he. was apprised by the Senate that the late Em. parer had deposited with them a series of docu ments, which, on being examined, was found to contain a renunciation of the throne by Constan tine.— These documents are appended to the Aisnifeito numbered in suCcession,.but they com municate no information whatever as the motives that have ted to this extraordinary abdication, — never de. we 'recolleCt to' have read so unmeaning and unlatisfactery a letter as that. whiCh Con. Stamtine, in the first instance, is represented to Nara addressed AO the Emperor Alex 811dPi% No reason whatever is assigned for Ms abdication, which can rationally be supposed to have, influenced him. The act. must therefore be regarded as the immediate result of some lose influence which at , the moment he was lueetinble of resisting. Whether he , will , wider all cjrcatostances at the present lime, be disposed to acquiesce in the arrangement by which, with. out equivalent or cornpensation, he is to give up the largest territorial dominion in the world, we. shall'shortly know. We confess that these do. cinrents, so far froth inducing us to regard the Etoisian succession as settled, rather lead us to consider it precarious and uncertain inthe highest degree. IV e are yet anxious to. ascertain which Emperor the army of the Prutb are disposed to support. If, indeed, they should" chooSe the ;mettle Nicholas, the question will be decided ; but five doubt that such will be their choice. No wish oppeurs to have been thanifeited by Constan tine for the possession of the kingdom of Poland, or any other power or distinction independent of the Rill of his brother Nicholas. As the new Emperor hes dechired his intention to adhere to the policy of Alexander,' there can be no doubt that the peace of Europe will remain "undisturbed. We ,Congratulate our readers cordially on this happy and Almost unexpected_reselt: Considering the Piked disposition of Constantine, :much vras to have'been apprehended from his reign. --The re. signation of his sceptre to the mild and vacille Nicholas has dissipated all the alarms which otherwise the death of Alexander was' too- well 'estienlated to inspire. Cmgw Ttmc4.3 At length the official documents relating to the abdication of the Gra'nd Duke Constantine hove -reached this country, and belie fully cleared up atime important points which were -hitherto hid den in mystery. It is known that Constantine, *fin . was married to a Princess of Saxe Coburg, in and, when he was not quite seventeen years at tw, did not live happily with her and was divorced in April, 1820. In May, 18'20, he . . married his present Princess t anti it seems that to Act relative to the succession to the throne wag then passed by the Emperor Alexander, which , Act however has never been made public. In January 1822, this matter (for what rea son we do not know) was again agitated.— On the 14th of that month Constantine ad dressed a letter to his brother Alexander Whom he snpplicates to transfer the right of stmpire to the succe-sor next to him (Coniston expressly declaring that tine) order of birth, his wish is to remain 44 in the circle of private life." On the 211 of February, 1822, Alexander answered this application by a letter agreeing to Constantine's request. It is to be observed th a t 'this step was professedly taken with the eppro natian 'of the Empress-Mother,. whose sanction Constantine thought it necessary to obtain.—On rite lOth of Augnst,lB23, the Emperor Alexander signed a Manifesto stating the wishes of Constan tine, and appointing Nicholas to the throne of th e ilossiati empire, as well as the inseparable thrones of the Kingdoth of Poland, and of the Grand Duchy of Finland. This latter point is most 'worthy of notice it occurs several times in these 'official documents, and it at once puts an end to all the reports that were so abundantly circu 'fated, concerning the re-establishment of .the ,IChigdom of Poland. This question, which might ftkion given rise to so'many difficult discussions, is completely avoided. Constantine expressly sap, in his last letter (that of the the 26th of November, 1828, 0. S.), " my wishes -are not directed to any new dignity or title, I wish solely to retain that of Cesarowitz, with which I was honoured by my late father." The Emperor Alexander, in order to secure the publicity of the act of renunciation (in case of need), directed that copies of it should be kept in the great Cathedral at Moscow, in the Repositories of the Holy Synod, of the Senate, and of the Directing Senate ; all under seal, and all to be kept secret, except on the event of a demise of the Crown.— That event has now occurred, and of course the documents are brought to light. [THE TIMEL] We have received Jamaica papers to the .29th of November by the mail which arrived fester day. The Duke of Manchester opened the Ses sions of the House of Assembly in Jamaica on the Ist of November, with cdngretulations on the tranquil state of the colonhand urgent entreaties to enter upon the course recommended by his Majesty's Ministers for ameliorating the condi tion of the slaves. In one respect, at least, if we may judge by its proceedine n s, the House of As sembly appears but sluggishly inclined to realize the hopes of the Governor. The Slave Evidence Bill—a security, in some cases, quite indispen siible to the detection of crime, and to the admi nistration of justice—is in manifest danger of very rough treatment from the 46 Honourable 'House." There ift, however, a remedial autho rity in the British Parliament, which the Jamaica legislators would do well to bear in their recol lection. Mr. M'Queen, of Glasgow, is a prime favourite with the planting interest of Jamaica, as he was shown to be some days ago with their Berbadoes brethren. He had been voted by Ja mica a present of 30001. sterling for his writ ings in favour of 44 Things as they are" in the West Indies, On receiving this gift, the gen denian had better, we think, lay down his office of an advocate, since the labcurs of a salaried logician will not gain runny ,proselytes.--It is stated in the Jamaica papers that a 74-gun ship and a frigate, purchased in Sweden for the Colombian service, arrived at Carthagena on the 22d of November. By advices from Bogota of the 4th November, received at Kingston, affairs were proceeding in a very favourable train at the Co. lombian capital, where the Congress was expect ed to assemble early in the present month. An entertainment was given on the 28th of October, in honour of the birth-bay of Bolivar, and the saloon in, which it was held was decorated with the standards with which Pizarro first entered Peru, in the year 1533, and which were taken by the Colombians at Cusco. [MORN! NO POST.] The Berlin Gazelle, of the sth instant, brought us yesterday the Manifesto issued by Nicholas, on assuming the Imperial Crown, together with the documents relative to Constantine's renun ciation. The Manifesto scarcely deserves the high praise bestowed upon it by the .toile, but is a simple unassuming narrative of - facts, which if they be correctly stated, remove all idea of Constantine's present abdication being other. wise than voluntary. It begins by expressing deep regret at the loss of Alexander, and says that when the melancholy tidings reached St. Pe. tersburgh, on the 27th of November (old style), Nicholas considered it his duty to swear imme diate fidelity to his elder brother as the legiti mate Heir to the Russian throne in virtue of pri mogeniture, and to cause the oath of allegiance to be taken by all the Bodies of the State. Scarcely, however, had he done this, when the Senate in. formed him that they had a sealed letter deposited in their had by the deceased Emperor, with directions to be opened only after his death. This packet being opened, was found to contain Con stantine's renunciation, dated January 14, 1822 and a manifesto from Alexander, dated Angus -16, 1823, ratifying the abdication, and trans. (erring the Crown to his younger brother.— Similar documents, it was then ascertained, had also been deposited with the Synod, and in the Cathedral Church of Moscow. On making this discovery (for previous ignorance is pleaded throughout), Nicholas perceived that he had acted rather hastily, but stil left it to Con ,tantirtre to decide whether he would wear the crown which had thus devolved upon him, or whether he would abide by his original act of renunciation. This suspense was not of long durationn. The Grand Duke Michael brought from Warsaw letters addressed by Cons *tontine to his mother and brother, renewing his abdication, and stipulating nothin g , for himself save that he should retain the title of Cesario. witch given him by his father for his services.-- this final dete rm i nat i on , On recei ving Nicholas announces that he accepts the Throne, orders the oath of alleginnce to be taken to him, and closes by a prayer to the Almighty that his reign may be nothini but a continuation of his bro ther's, and that he may fulfil all the wishes for Ilussia's happiness which animated him. This I;.tuifesto is dated the 24th of December (old style), which corresponds with the 12th. [THE PUBLIC LEDGER.] Several official documents, connected with the extraordinary eircumatences that have taken pl a ce in Russia since the death of the Emperor Alexander, will be found in our Paper of this d ay . Th o ugh they have been put forth for the those circumstances, they purpose of clucidOing leave us as much in the dark as ever with respect to many essential points ; and we are still unable, after the most diligent perusal, to decide, whether the act, or rather acts, by which Con ataatine has renounced his right to the throne, were dictated by compulsion or adopted freely and deliberately. We are well aware that there is upon the fare of all these documents, an appearance of his having acted solely from the suggestions of his own mind • but the same COP* troulieg influence, which cou ld have exacted from hint the great sacrifice, could clearly stamp upon it whatever form it pleased, We do not pretend exactly to say that , a threat of violence Was ac tually used; but whet we mean to assert, is, that if menace had been resorted to, it was as easy to exact by this means froth Constantine an at. testation that he acted under no constraint, as his signature to the instrument by which he renounced his birthright. The Papers that have been , published on this subject amount to five, exdissive of the Manifesto of the Emperor Nicoiits4 The first in the series is a letter from the , Grand Duke Constantine to the late Emperor, which has all the external marks of a spontaneous proceeding ; and the same con struction is put upon it in the answer, which forms the second document in the series. One was written on the 14th of January, 1822, and the other is dated the 2tl of February, of the same year. In the former a preceding act of re nunciation is alluded to, but which is not pub lished; and this omission is the more to be regretted, as it probably contains the key to this mysterious proceeding. The communica tion of Constantine is remarkable for its self abesement as for its adulation towards Alexander —two circumstances strongly indicative of con straint, whilst they encourage a suspicion that the only share he had in it was that of simply affixing his signature. It must be remarked that he was then at St. Petersburgh, where compli ance could be more readily enforced - than at Warsaw, had compulsion been deemed necessary. Nothing can be more fulsome than the style in which the late Emperor is addresed ; and it is only to be equalled by the tone of humility which Constantine uses in speaking of himself. One is all goodness—all perfection—all sublimity; whilst the other puts on an air of self-deprecia tion, which, if it were to appear in a work of fiction„would be condemned for its extravagance. However, the answer even exhibits a more violent departure from the natural ; and it. depicts the Prince, who was deemed by himself, as well as by the rest of his family, to be wholly unworthy of the throne, as a perfect pattern of magnani. tnity. [ MORNING HERALD.] Consols for the Account opened yesterday morning at 82i j, fell to 811, and closed at 82/, being the smallest fluctuation that has occurred during any one day since the commencement of the panic in the Money Market. The jobbers . expected to reap a good harvest from the sale of stock lodged as security for moneys advanced by the Bank of Eng land, in come:pence of the intimation that these securities should be redeemed on or before this !day. In this expectation they ate, however, likely to be disappointed, for it ia undei stood that the restoration of confidence has enabled the greater part of the country bankers to repay the money advanced to than by.the Bank, so that very little, if any, of the stock held by them will be thrown upon 'the Maiket. It was altogether a very dull day on the Stock Exchange, and many of the brokers and jobbers are beginning to arrange their accounts for the time settlement on the 19th. Consols, ex-dividend, were from 80/ to ; 3 per Cents. Reduced, 814; 4 pet Cents., ex-div., O 8 4; and 31 per Cents. 89} to 90. Large Exchequer Bills, 6,2, 4,3, small 2,4, 3 ; and India Bonds, 20. 22. premium. Bank Stock is still drooping; it closed at 215/. On the Royal Ex-' change Bills were, if any thing, more plentiful than money, and tbe rates of Exchange were, on some points, a very small shade lower. Paris, three months, 25. 0., 5 . 24.; three days Isight, 26. 20. ; Amsterdam, long, 12,11.; short, 12. 2. to 2/. The Exehange with France may be considered about par, the equivalent velues being 25. 20c. for the sovereign. There was almost literally nothing doing in the Foreign Market, and little variation in the quoted prices, the greater part of tife spe culators being occupied in making up their accounts fur the set tlement on Monday. The exposure made the other day of the Rio de la Plata Mining hoax, has shut the Mouths of the in discriminate supporters of:South American Alining scheme's with John Bull's money,.and they are now mum. SURREY SESSIONS. :N TIIIC MATTER OF JONES, MARSHAL OF TU KING'S nfxcu . Mr. Tilt gelato, on behalf of the Marshal, applied to the Court to rescind an order made by the Magistrates in the Sea. sions of January, 1824. The order was made under an Act directing the magistrates to classify the prisouera in the County Gaol, in order that provision should be made f or th em accord ing:to that classification. It was the opinion of an eminent Counsel who had been consulted on the subject, that this order 'virtually suspended th'e operation of a, rule of the Court of King's Bench, made in Lord Mansfield's time (under the authority of an Act of Parliament), empowering the Marshal of the King's Bench to commit to the County Gaol, for one month' any prisoners who might attempt to escape from pri. son, or who might be guilty of insubordination in the pri. son—as by the rule laid down by the Magistrates no provision was made for such prisoners in the county jail. It was neces sary that the power of the Marshal in this respect should not be obstructed ; he therefore applied to the Court to have the order rescinded. The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Striven) said that the act in question had been well considered by the Magistrates before they made the order. At present nothing could be done in It, AR there were only three Igagistrates on the bench. Ile regretted that the application had not. been made on the county-day, when there was a full bench, who might have reconsidered the order, though whether they would have rescinded it was another matter. Mr. TTIESIOER said his object was sufficiently answered, for this motion was chiefly made with the view of enabling the Marshal to apply to the Court of King's Bench for a tworda mu:. • The application was refused. - When the prisoners were brought up for arraignment, there appeared among them a miserable-looking old man in the dress of a sailor, charged with stealingg, ajacket and trousers, and Mlle' other articles of wearing apparel, from a ship in dock. When • asked in the usual form whether he was guilty or not, he re.. plied "I am guilty, and distress was the cause. There is no use in denying it,, I am guilty." The-C11A11131.01.--1 must tell you, that if you persist in that plea, your punishment will not be less severe than it' you were tried and convicted: $o do not make the plea under the notion that you will obtain a lighter punishment in consequence. Yo u had better consider o f it. if you choose to withdraw your plea of guilty, I will allow you ; but if you persist in it, it will of course be recorded. The prisoner then withdrew his plea of, guilty, and was re moved from the bar. racit4.—At a meeting of the ironmasters, held last week, at Wolverhampton, it was determined to make an advance of 11. per ton on iron. Some very large orders for Iron have been, received in Statfirrdshire. It was expected some weeks ago, t h at a f a ll i n pr i ce wou ld ta k e p l ace at Christmas quarter, but it is notnow probable, as the stocks are very low. --(Leeds Indmeetdent.) , . . • SMALL NOTE BILL.—II is reported among Mr. linskisson's Constituents at Liverpool, that the illinismrs, and especially the Right Hon. President of the Board of Trade, are determined to propose the repeal of the Small .Notes' Bill o f 1022, almost immediately on the opening of Parliament.— ( Leeds Inteltige twer . ) PRICE Op BuTengit MEAT.«---We are laferMilti, that the Flealleri of Edinburgh have reduced the price of Butcher Meat i n proportion tot b e re d uct i on i n the'weight of th e new standard p ound now i n use .—(Edi n b urg h C ourant, Jan; 12.) CHARITAULE CANYAII--We IlliderqtAttd that t ea, sugar, meat, and dro. T. Bish, Esq., or London, one of the Candidate s f ar the poor of that pl ace , Borough of Lai minster, has bean distributing' amon gst .t b o pay, and we l e a rn h e h as sent 50 pair. of bitiriketi, which indiscriminately, must be of essential benedt to them In this Inclement season, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAY. 13. The LORD CHIEF. JUSTICE to-day entered on the trial of' causes appointed to be tried by Special Juries. COLEMAN V. SYMONDS. This was an action in which the plaintiff, described as a per scin who had retired from business, sought to recover of the de fendant, a gentleman of fortune, and Lord of the Manor of Paddington, the amount of a bill of exchange for 1,0081., dated the 6th of December, 1823, drawn in favour of one Auguatus De Lisle, payable twelve months after date, and accepted by the defendant. Mr. BROUGHAM, for the plaintiff, in the first instance, relied on the ordinary proof of the hand• writing of the acceptor and tha endorsers. Mr. SCARLETT, for the.defendant, opened a case of usury, committed in discounting the bill, which would throw on the plaintiff the burden of showing that he gave a valuable con sideration for, it, anti stated that the circumstances which had come to the knowledge of Mr. Symonds justified him in setting up this species of defence. Ile had been induced to accept this bill, and another of similar amount, for the accom modation of Mr. De Lisle, to whom they were respectively made payable, and who was engaged in attempting to intro duce the French drama into England. Mr. De Lisle applied to Mr. Meago, a tailor, who employed his - money in discount ing bills, to discount these, and was referred by him to his agent, Mr. Coates ' who was employed to give a colour to the transaction. Sir. Coates demanded the sum of 1501. for dis counting each of the bills—that was under the rate of 151. per cent.; and to these terms Sir. de Lisle assented. The course was, for Mr. Meago to give his check for the full sum, deduct ing the regular discount, and then for Mr. Coates to receive back the portion of interest which was stipulated for above that sum. Evidence of this arrangement would;entitle the, defen dant to a verdict, unless the plaintiff could show that lie took the bill bone fide and for value. 'l'o prove this case Mr. Augustus De Lisle was called, who stated that the bill, with another of similar amount, drawn 'at 18 months, at the suit of Mr. M eago, was accepted for his ac commodation by Mr. Symonds. He applied to Mr. Meago to discount the bills, who referred him to Sir. Coats to ar range the terms. Mr. Coates required 3751., to which he objected ; but at last, agreed.to procure the bill at 18 months, to be exchanged by Sir. Symonds for a bill at 12 months, which were to be discounted after the same rate. Mr. Symonds acceded to the exchange, and accepted a second bill at twelve months, which, with the present, was discounted on the terms proposed by Sir. Coates. By way of payment, the witness received the check of Mr. Meago for the full sum, deducting legal interest, but returned to Mr. Coates by check sufficient to make up 3001. as the discount of the two bills. The second bill was the subject of a cause which stood next in the paper for trial, in which Mr. Meago himself' was the plaintiff'. On cross-examination, the witness said he had been arrested and in prison, both in France and England. lie had lost 4,0001. by attempting to establish a theatre for French plays in this country, and had written the first piece acted there called 404 ninon. Mr. SCARLETT—That is the road to fame rather than fortune. Alr. Coates was called on his subpcena hut did not answer. Mr. BROUGIIAM , in reply, call e d Air. Meago, who swore that ho never referred De Lisle to Coates as his agent ; that Coates never was his agent ; and that he hiMself received only legal interest for discounting the bills. He also stated that be endorsed them to Mr. Coleman, in consideration of a check on Messrs. Chambers and son for 2,0001. and of eleven bills and notes amounting to more than 1,1001. which were produced.— On his cross-ex am i nat i on , h e sa id t h at h e had known Coates, who was a mercer and dealer in cloth, for twenty years, and had transactions with him in the way of his business. He had discounted bills on the recommendation of Coates in a few Instances, anti had received the money at his house. He was induced to discount the bills of Air. SyThonds from a hope that he might obtain his custom, as he had severaiservants in livery. He endorsed these bills to Mr. Coleman, because he was going into the country, and wished to have them presented when due, but he considered that he had taken a full security for their value. As to Coates, he intimated that he had reason to believe he was in the interests of the defendant, and had been in com munication with his attorney. To rebut this last supposition, one of the attornies for the defendant was called, who stated that he hail never seen Mr. Coates, and that his clerk had accidentally been able to serve him with a subixena. The check anti bills alluded to by Mr. Meago as given to him by the plaintiff, we re p u t i n . The first contained no date, the hitter were for venous sums, and only one of them became due before the bills accepted by Symonds. The bank of Chem-. bets and Co. stopped payment before the check was presented. A. letter of Mr. Symonds Was rend, expressing satisfaction at the conduct of Meago, but it did not appear that at its date he was aware of the interest taken. On the part of the defendant It was proved that Mr. Alum) had very insufficient assets in his banker's hands to m ee t the check if it had been presented. . - - Me.fiestar.ETT addressed the Jury on the plaintiff's evi dence, contending—first, that, notwithstanding what Meago had sworn, it was clear the bills were discounted by Coates, as his agent, and with his privity; and secondly, that it wa* equally cleat that no consideration passed from the plaintiff 'for the bills, but that the check and securities produced were merely given- as a colour, to enable him to sustain the present action. Mr. I.l.Roututast, for the plaintiff, replied on the whole case, and urged that the surplus above legal interest was taken by Coates, as his brokerage or reward ; and that, at all events, a sufficient consideration passed when the bill was endorsed Mr. Meago to the plaintiff. The LORD CHIEF JCISTICE left the case to the Jury on two questions—first, whether Mr. Coates acted as the agent of Mr. Meago and with his privity, when he took the usurious interest; secondly, whether 111 r. Coleman received the bill with. out consideration or with a knowledge of the circumstances under which it had been discounted. If they thought . Mr. Meago was no party to the usury, or that, if he was, Mr. Coleman gave a good consideration for the bill, the . plaintiff was entitled to recov er; but if the bill w as usuriously endorsed, and the plaintiff' was not a bow: fide holder, the verdict must be for the defendant. The Jury returned a verdict for the defendant. The next ease, on the other bill, in which Mr. Memo was was,withdrawn. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. John Malay, who was on Thursday committed for further. examination, on a charge of harae.stealbig, was brow h t before Mr. IlaLLa, yesterd a y, t o b e .finally examined-, Plq. addi tional evidence was produced. Mr. liat.La thought, tnat al though th e case was t h at o f a gross f rau d, he did not conceive it amounted to a f e l on y.. Th e S ess i o ns were now .sitting, and the prosecutor might discharged. _ go and indict. The prisoner was then lIA Some days ago warrants were obtained by Messrs. Price and Co., hop-factors, Maidstone.buililings, Southwark, against six individuals, who were suspected to have purchased hops at dlr. ferent periods, in the course of the last spring, from a roan of the name of Foy, knowing them to have been stolen by hint, from. Messrs. Prince auti Co.. in whose service he wee, an head warehouseman. Subsequently to these alleged sales, Foy was indicted with another individual, by the present prom,- cutora, for theft, and after a long trial, was acquitted. Yes terday, the parties suspected oil the ofiente were brought be fore M. SwAHEY, Esq., the Presiding Magistrate. The first. charge 'gone into was one against. Wicks,. a hop -porter, in the employ of Messrs.. Sl a de and Co., .Stoney-street,South wark.—Foy deposed : 1 was in the employ of .Mesars. Price untie°. in March kat, which fact the defendant Wicks knew'; he and I had dealings together. He told Inc that he would purchase.any thing which I might have to dispose of; he bought from ma two pockets of hops, marked, 4, T. Levet. Cmnbrook, Kent, 1824.!' They were removed by a person named Jones, from R edeross-street old warehouse, in whieh they were then standing, to the defendant's, at Mews. Slade and, Alines. I have, often met him at the Talbot and ,led brook, Kent, Lion Inns. I believe he paid me for them. lle ga ve me 71.105. per poc k et . H o p s were then ab o u t 61. per cwt. it w as also pro ve d t h at ten poc k e ts of hops were stol en front Messrs. 11124.! , A pocket containin g a b out a hun d red weight and allair, Prices" warehouse; they were marked, I. Levert, Ctan and were worth 61: per cwt. It aqui not usual tosell hops by the pocket, but by,..)e weight; 71. 10s. per pock e t was much too low. Mr. .13n V.ER, who attended casetb r a thegalprnosstecNi uvti:a_sitTbuir a c i d agistrate; however, r e f us ed to call that he had s mack out a s t rong upon Mr. Wicks to put in bail to the charge, which was only . supported by Fey's statement,-114. LER then pro c e e d e d to,the, following charge ,against Joseph NelSon, a miller and dealer residing near St. Saviour's Church, who was eicusedoti• Suspicion of purchasing four pockets of hops, the. property of the prosecutors, knowing. them to be stolen. Jtonest ,Foy examined, The prisoner was introduced to me as a person yhe'Would purchaaihop s ; he knew that'l was in the prosecutors' employ ; I told hin t that I ;wax in want of n i i s u e n tt eiy,thaonnill by ye Jonessiid ftrhoantl my h e tnivooultteirg,iiv:am.eichlounaele to bliwswould prpearellitn same hops; I agreed to let sli m hat e s p o cket for 01.1 scare; . r furnished hint with u Ample ; think the defendant gave me 61. almost: immediately after receiving the hops. A pocket of hops was worth lOL After the first transaction! roei him at the Golden Lion, in company with a person named Herritage. I told him. that I wanted money, and he proposal' to give me a short dated bill for some more hops of the same quality as the first. In the course of a day or two afterward*, I sent him two more pickets ; they went at different days. no went with me to a Solicitor's hi Union-street, and gave tut Ten Pounds. These pockets were marked the same as Ma first, "T. Leven, Cranbrook, Kent, 1824." I met hint frequently at the different public-houses. I sold him a fourtk pocket, marked " Fruggie and Co." It was of fine growtnl for which ,he paid me SI. The defendant and anothcr person, whom 1-know not, fetched it away abotit seven o'clock one morning. It was taken from my master's warehouse on 3 truck.—Cross examined : I have not given a different account of these transactions. After some other witnesses had been examined to corroborate Foy's statement, with regard to the sale oldie hops, the prisoner was remanded for a further examination. The other parties charged with similar. offences, entered into their own recognizances in 100!. each, and two sureties in 64 each, to appear at the same time, the hour being too late to go into their respective cases. I I MA RYLE BONE-OIT ref:. Yesterday, an elderly gentleman, who gave his name and rie , . dress " Nathaniel Routh, Hooper-square, Whitechaeel," el plied to the Magistrate for advice under the fellowingdistresing circumstances. The applicabt stated that he had been requested to attend at the office by a illrs . Hicken, the preprietoress Of a ladies' boarding-school at Bethnal green, to ask the advice of the MP gistrate under circumstances peculiarly painful . It appeared that a few mon t h s ago St an l e y Dc Courcey Ireland, who is now in the Howse of Correction. placed Ins daughter at Mr. Hicken's-school, where she had been under her sole eto• P, tection ever since, the apprehension and conviction o f ~ the father. An apPlication was made a short time eg () for an order to see the prisoner, that he might be consulted with as.to the disposal of Miss Irel:tnd, but having been unable to gain an interview, Mn.s Hicken . bad repeatedly written to the father, but no answers were received, and both her and do ) daughter were kept in the greatest suspense. The girl 110 ~,, only 17. years of age, and Mrs. Hicken could not, front inotlyde , of humanity, send her away from the house, althou g h se veral' ' of the young ladies had been taten away from the school by their parents in consequence of private reasons of their own. In answer to a question from Mr. HOSKINS, the applican t :. said that he had two daughters of his. own a t Mrs. II ickenee school, and on hearing the circumstances of the unfortunate girl's case explained to him, he acceded to .the request of firs- H., who entreated him to call at the Office to ask advice as I .' ;i what mode she should pursue.to get paid her money or to dit• b pose of the girl. Mr. Rosa's( s said, it was a most scandalous affair to lesrsa ' poor girl in such a situation ; but he did not see how a Magi.‘ trate could interfere in the case. if 31r. Routh—lt should esteem it as a most particular favour ii your Worship could grant me an order for the purpose et: siting the fattier in the House cf Correction, PO that I Bug"' put the question to him, as to what is to be done with h i/ daughter. Mr. llosKrst said he would feel very happy to do any the to relieve them, but as he was not the Magistrate who contain" ted the prisoner, he should advise him to cull when Mr. BO' linson was there, or it might be sent to his house. Mr. Routh thanked his Worship, and said that Miss Pell had accompanied him to the o ffi ce , b ut on h er arr i va l s he fu ll° it impossible to enter, she was so excessively :etc& On hearing this she became an obj ect o f cur i os i t y, and sews"- persons ran opt of the office to view her. Site is a beautiful little girl about the ake above stated; 5. 3 peered rather dejected, and on Mr. !tooth coming opt of office, she seemed to be particularly anxious in her euquiriel to the result of his application. DUEL—The following has been sent us hl e Correspondent :—" Early on Thursday morning. a meeting took place in the neighbour;lood of Blackheath, between T. B. W., li re Bsq., and Hon. Chas. P. Th e s econ d s were , f or t h e f o rmer , B. W. G., Es q ., f or th e l attera G ent l eman in the army, whose name did not transpire. The Ha' Gentleman tired without , effect, but we r egret s t) say he received his adVerSitry's ball in the iiet4ll part of his arm. The wounded Gentleman $ llO immediately conveyed to a chaise w hi c h K ris is waiting, with 1111 eminent medical man , a friead of the parties, who are highly con necte d. Th e dispute, it was und e rstood, arose a f ter re tiriai from Covent-garden Theatre on Wed nes d a y even' ing, in consequence of some remarks ma d e by one of the Gentlemen upon a Lady of relebrillt who has lately attracted attention in the chard' ter of Maria Darlington."—(Morning Paper.) CUItiOCX FACT.—Filre Getillf;meri ore sti lt H living who took their degrees at tlt U o iversitf of Cambridge 60 years since, in the same yea r (1756), and were ell Fellows of Trinity College' They are—Baron Graham, Mr. Clowes o f Maa" Chester, Colonel Creyk or Yorkshire, Mr, Norr iir Prebendary of Canterbury, and Dr. Allot, De mi of ,llapline. COAL MA-4. ;IC ET, IL% w. 13. Dean's Primrose, 40:4—Fel1ing Main, 485..-Ilebburn S s ri r 4f Ol—Killingworth, .33s tod—Pon top Windsor, 364--- rote, 41s—Tantield Moor. Us—Townley, 42s—Wallt.710 Bell and Co. 471 tid--Walls End I3etricke and Co. 413 3 - -- : 1 A,.... End Newnrarch, 465-Waits End N ort h um b er l an d, 48 9 Wells End Riddell**, 481—Walls End Russell's, 48s ton s . End . Walker, 46s—B ew an d Craster Walls En" -Or magsd, 48 s-4lontague. 3?s-...Al'alls End Lyon's, 48s- 11 ` 1 2) . End Stewart's, SOlL—Alps at market, 321—Sliips sold, COURSK OF liX(ili ANC; E, lan. 13. 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Qn Thursday, _.the 12th inst., at St. Martin's-in-thedlt l 7 Charles Hague Nilousley, 1:4q., to Margaret, youngest of the late 'Robert 'Taylor, Tohner ~. On the 11th On the 9th DIED. kre' Air. Edward Petnher, an old and Arcady respected inhabit ° Inst., at his house, Crescent - place, Mac t 1 that perish. ' • . zusanita wido . t'' , w o cha T l e s Reynolds, Esq.; riles ag 7 3 . co. On the 9th inst., after a short illness, at his idence , ut i non-stteet, Mary, the wife of illoS. Williams, Esq., P e T ......• inm at Charlton, Mlddlesex, after a short illngos Printed and Pabilabrdfet the PROPRIE"I"' At th4l 511144 Orrlc): No. 112 Strand. by J. B. CaitsTattts.